4 years deviantART. well. quite honestly, I don't really know what to say. I mean, last year I did a sentimental rant of epic proportions, which I'm pretty certain I'm not gonna do today, so, that's one option less.

The deviantART SURVEY

1) What is your deviant-name and what does it mean?
Rusty was an OC I was developing at the time, situated in my Treasure Planet fandom and, looking back, something of a alter-ego-mary-sueish thing. and after seeing that ~rusty already existed (as dead account), I was too lazy to think of a more original name and stuck the 1 in front. otherwise you might have gotten to know me as rustydiamond. ah, hindsight.

2) Why did you join this site?
immersed in Treasure Planet fandom, I came across *dolphy, my absolute IDOL back then. I just wanted to stalk her more efficiantly. The art thing was a sidenote.

3) What fandom were you obsessed with when you joined?
lol, see previous questions

4) Were any of the fandoms you have currently brought about by this site?
let's see... Avatar, first and foremost. which gave way into Bleach and Naruto, which got me into mangas and anime in general.

5) Look into your stats. What is your:
- most Favorited Deviation: (no surprises there)
- most Viewed Deviation: same.
- most Commented Deviation: same.

6) How many watchers do you have at this moment?
108, minus a few banned and some clubs. wait... when the HELL did I get 100 watchers?!?

7) First ever watcher?
that'd be *magmanorn. ah mag, remember the good old days?

8) How many pageviews do you have at this moment?
.... 23 745. omg.

9) What is your artist's title shown beneath your "status"?
DA Addict.

10) What is your most "meaningful" work?
actually, I tend to keep my feeling out of my art. or, let's say... any emopics fell prey to a gallery cleaning. so at the moment, the deviation with the most feeling incorporated into it is . and that's not even art as I'd call it! anyway, I've got something "deep" on mind, for when I actually have the skills to pull it off.

11) Best COMPLETED piece you ever did?
or , I'd say. "Nightfall" certainly has the best coloring I've ever done, but "Skater Casual" is a) completly done by me and b) just is, in my opinion, my best work up to now.

12) work that took longest?
totally again!

13) DA artist who has influenced you the most?
oof. that's... hard to say. I owe so much to so many people I couldn't possibly list them all! there really are quite a few, all in phases when I tried to imitate them best as possible, got better and moved on to the next awesome artist.

14) What is currently the most fun and the easiest thing to draw?
people.

15) Your first ever giftart and first ever giftart received:
first giftart recieved: "Rusty Planet", from ~Moitessier. it's been deleted from his gallery though...
first giftart made: , for . d'aww. nostalgia. I used to draw horses all the time.

16) How many clubs are you in?
nine.

17) How long have you been here?
happy fourth dA birthday me!

18) Are you on any other art sites?
nah. why would I? dA's all I need

19) Can you remember the old DA layout?
oh yeah. I like this one a LOT better, and the new features just keep on coming!

20) Are you still as passionate about art/poetry/prose as when you joined this site?
that's... difficult to say. I admit I spend less time online as I did back when I joined, but I've gotten much more passionate about art in general. I fav less, but put more thought into what I do fav and comment and simply am a lot more picky about what does or does not make its way into my fav box.

21) Do you have more than one account on deviantART?
yup. I've got my beading account and one that I'm planning on using as bot for my chatroom. (the link to that is up thar under the journal title)

22) Do you know anyone from here in real life?
of course! , and I hope to add some more of you to that list sometime in the future!

23) Are you only active in the art department or do you use the community sectors (chat, forums, news ect) as well?
mostly art. I used to have a forum phase, but now I just check by there now and then, the same with the news articles, official and non-official. as for chat... I have a few rooms I will turn up in, but I don't browse there widely.

24) Have there been any changes in your art style/theme/ect in your gallery in the past?
I've... gotten... better? no seriously, that's a funny question. hm... I started off my gallery with a series of fantasy critters in colored pencil. I've meandered away from that to preferring to draw people over animals, and using digital media. also lately I've brushed up my background skills, or so I like to think, and I've developed some OCs that I intend to keep using and developing further. oh, and the art memes. and the comics. can't forget those. it's really time I did another one, I think... a comic, I mean.

25) Any last words?
THANK YOU ALL for making my stay here so enjoyable and fun! I owe you so much, I don't know what to say. I guess I'll just keep making art, ne?


and that was it for this little tag. I think it summed up 4 years of deviantART quite nicely. all in all, this site and the people on it have become an important piece of my life, and I never regret signing up here.

Since dA already has so many art features I decided to try something different. also, if I link a video, you don't have to watch that. mostly the music is better than the video.
double feature today!